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    Default Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

    Don't know if it has been posted yet, but there's going to be a game with Mario and Sonic in it for the Olympic Games in Bejing next year. I've only found a German article on it so far though. Bit early for an april fool anyway

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    Yeah, and Sonic and Tails were unlockable in Super Smash Bros. Melee...

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    Hehe, cute concept. Will probly be fun

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    Damn, it's about time..
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    Why? Sonic wins the athletic competitions, Mario wins the pipe-tightening and mushroom-eating competitions, and fanboys' heads explode.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GM80 View Post
    Why? Sonic wins the athletic competitions, Mario wins the pipe-tightening and mushroom-eating competitions, and fanboys' heads explode.
    lol ye, everyone knows that Sonic will win at stuff like 100/400 meter dash and marathon.

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    I see fanboys clashing heads indeed. I don't know about everyone else but that just looks very very strange. It's going to take a bit of getting use to.
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    The announcement is huge--yes. But why make this the first team up? Talk about a boring idea. Olympics? zzzzz.

    Hopefully this is a sign of Sega and Nintendo teaming up to bring the Sonic characters to Super Smash Bros Brawl. Now THAT is an announcement.
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    Beijing is the summer Olympics, right?

    Who has the more skilled crew of pointless friends to win the synchronized swimming gold medal?

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    Wait, this is for real?!?


    I saw it on IGN and passed it off as an April Fools joke. Sounds like an interesting concept.
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    If this is real, this is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

    People have been waiting for 16 years for Mario and Sonic to be in the same video game, and I cannot think of a more anti-climactic announcement than for their first collaboration to be an Olympic game.

    If this is true, it is the very definition of "dropping the ball."

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    The End Times are truly here, and Hell hath frozen over. Repent, ye sinners! Sonic and Mario in the same game? Heresy, I say!

    Enough of that. Actually, I'm not sure what to think. Olympics-themed games tend to suck (actually, forget the 'tend' part -- they just plain suck), but if Nintendo is doing the development, the game might actually be fun. Of course, the 100m dash will be no contest -- Sonic FTW!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damaniel View Post
    Of course, the 100m dash will be no contest -- Sonic FTW!!
    Maybe Sonic has to run with heavy ankle weights to make it fair?
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    2 rival console mascots + mainstream outside intellectual property = the end of the video game world as I know it.

    First Sonic kissing human chicks, and now this.

    Game over.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Damaniel View Post
    [...]but if Nintendo is doing the development, the game might actually be fun.
    Be afraid. IGN says it's being developed and published by Sega with Miyamoto's involvement.

    ...I really feel odd typing that sentence. Hell, this whole thing screams either "april fools" or "fake-out before real announcement". Certainly makes the Sonic in SSBB speculation a little more plausible.

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    Let us pray to, well, *ANY* deity of choice that this really is an April Fool's joke.

    It pains me to be afraid that SEGA is developing, right in the heart type of pain.

    I hope it's a joke.
    I hope it's a joke.
    I hope it's a joke.

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    I think it could be interesting. There's a lot of events they could use. Obviously, Sonic should win all the foot races, but at least Mario would dominate in the hammer toss...

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    I think MArio is a better swimmer as well.

    I mean, look how long he can hold his breath!
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    http://wii.ign.com/articles/777/777142p1.html
    Quote Originally Posted by IGN
    Development sources tell IGN Wii that, although SEGA Japan will be officially credited as the creator of Mario & Sonic at the Olympics, another studio is actively working on the project. The company is Tose, which has contributed to more than 1,000 games since its inception in 1979, but has rarely been sourced.
    So, uh. Yeah. I guess someone needs a scapegoat?

    I have to wonder if all the rampant speculation about what they've worked on is simply their way of breaking into the American industry's mindset. At the least, they're being talked about regularly. At even less...

    Of course, it wouldn't be surprising in the least if it were true.

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